July 29, 2016From The Post-Soviet PostOn June 1st, 2016, the Ukrainian Parliament approved a measure that would rename several Ukrainian cities and towns including the east-central Ukrainian metropolis previously known as Dnipropetrovsk, now to be known as Dnipro. It is among over 900 set to be renamed by the end...

Final Issue of the CSIS Korea Chair Monitor

For decades, the United States has led the effort to stem the spread of nuclear weapons, both among potential adversaries and among its allies and partners. The current state of deterrence and of the nonproliferation regime, however, is open to many doubts. What happens if...

One of the few beneficiaries of the failed July 15 coup in Turkey is likely to be Russia. The coup and the heavy handed crackdown president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is carrying out in response have strained relations with Turkey’s NATO allies, giving Ankara greater incentive...

This study explores the growing competition for scarce dollars at the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA). It traces the authorities, roles, and missions assigned to the agency and the growing trend of using what was originally intended to be a research and development...

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July 27, 2016
| Mark F. CancianBecause the number of Guard/reserve GO/FOs has been growing while the number of Guard/reserve troops has been constant, there would appear to be some opportunity for reductions. However, a 25 percent cut would be large and disruptive. Further, the loss of reserve three-star...

It is one thing to be indifferent to death; it is another thing to seek it out. Suicide is taboo in many societies, but martyrdom turns despair into heroism. The last month’s worth of events in the United States and Europe are a vivid demonstration of how blurry the line...

Terrorism is all too real a threat, and mass attacks cause a special kind of fear. Terrorist movements like ISIS kill innocents for the worst of causes and the worst of reasons. They seek to use fear to separate the West from the Muslim world, and to divide the Muslim world...

When the 34-year-old Palestinian teacher effortlessly switched from Arabic to Hebrew, none of his students showed any hint of mistrust. Instead, the classroom buzzed in admiration for his deep commitment to the Palestinian cause.

Zambia is a lower-middle-income country struggling with critical health challenges, including high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality, malnutrition, cervical cancer, and a severe HIV/AIDS epidemic that disproportionately affects adolescent girls and young women. The...